Entries from March 2010

Two people were arrested on Monday, Feb. 22, on drug charges at the Howard Johnson Inn at Banks Crossing. Banks County Sheriff Charles Chapman said BCSO narcotic investigators executed a search warrant in Room 112 at the motel and a couple who had rented the room several days earlier were arrested. Jacob Aranda Garcia, 26, 107 Brookhollow Road, ...
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Snow began falling across Banks County early Tuesday morning leading to schools and government offices closing. Roads reported as being covered with snow on Tuesday include Hwy. 164, Hwy. 323, Hwy. 51 South between John Morris Road and Lula, John Morris Road and Old Cornelia Hwy. There have been several reports of vehicles off the road due to ...
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Snow began falling across Banks County early Tuesday morning leading to schools and government offices closing. Schools were also closed for Wednesday, March 3, due to the weather. Roads reported as being covered with snow on Tuesday include Hwy. 164, Hwy. 323, Hwy. 51 South between John Morris Road and Lula, John Morris Road and Old Cornelia ...
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COMER - Myra Frances Tolbert Tucker, 85, died Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospice House. A native of Oglethorpe County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar “Lee” B. and Georgia Mae Moon Paul. Mrs. Tucker was preceded in death by her first husband, Ernest Tolbert; second husband, Roy Tucker; son, Gary Tolbert; and ...
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HULL – Harold Lee Gillispie, 65, died Sunday, February 28, 2010, at his residence from a massive heart attack. His death occurred exactly as his father’s, on the same date 20 years later. He coached with the Madison County recreational department and was employed with the University of Georgia for a number of years. Survivors include his ...
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Col. Thomas H. Holbrook, USAF (Ret.) died on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 7:40 p.m. of age-related causes. He was 93. Tom was born on March 6, 1916 in Commerce. As a lad, he worked on the family farm located just out of town. He interrupted his college education at the University of Georgia to join the US Army Air Corps in 1938, almost a ...
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The Madison County government website — www.madisoncountyga.us/ — has a new look with new features. “The goal was to give it a fresh look, make it more interactive, while maintaining an easy navigation system,” said county technology director Gary Venable. Venable said BOC chairman Anthony Dove requested the redesign when he first took ...
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A Winder man was arrested on domestic violence charges after a Feb. 18 incident in which he attacked the mother of his child. Nicholas Paul Fortner, 29, of 836 Hwy. 211 in Winder was charged with stalking, simple assault, simple battery, cruelty to children and criminal trespass after a confrontation with the victim at his mother’s house. The ...
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